Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-29

Four Men Rob the Postal and Elk.
press Cars-A Large Reward for
Their Capture.


Their Capture.
ESPECIAL TO TIE sENrrSEL.1
TUCSON, April 2S.-The western-bount
express, due here at 1890 last evening
was stopped and robbed at Papsgo Station
18 miles east Of here at about $3.50. Th
number Of men engaged in the robbery i
variously estimated from five TO eight, al
fully armed. The robbers went through
the mail and express cars, but did not, !
is reported, get more than about $4,000
1t is reported that the express messenger
threw $35, 900 in gold in the stove, and 81
saved it from the robbers. None Of tht
passengers were molested.
SAN Francisco, April 28-Immediately
upon the receipt OF the news ct the Office
Of the Southern Pacific Company In this
city, A. N. Towne, General Manager,
issued the following circular, with orders
to the company's agents to post it in a
conspicuous place: The mail and express
cars Of our west-bound express train,
when at q point II miles east of Tucson,
A. T., ct III O'Clock last night, were stopped
and robbed by four or five men. The
Southern Pacific Company hereby offers q
reward of 81 900 each for the arrest and
con yiction of the robbers, which, is in ad-
dition to o like reward offered by Wells,
Fargo d Company. In addition to this,
we. understand that the United States
Postofice Department has a standing re-
ward OF $500 each for the arrest and con-
viction Of persons engaged in robbing the
mail.
From information received by him,
General Manager Towne said this after
noon in reference to the affair: There
we're five shots fired from . bank by the
robbers into the express car after the
train had been brought to a stop. The rob-
bers had placed ties on the track, and o
red signal was waved to stop. When the
train came to q standstill the engineer and
fireman were ordered to get off the engine,
which they did. They were each given q
stick of giant powder, and told that they
must compel the mail agent and express
messenger to open the car, or the rob-
bers would, with their revolvers, compel
them to light the dynamite and destroy
the cars. Under these threats the express
messenger and mail agent abandoned the
cars. The robbers then u%pcoupled the
locomotive. express and mail cars from
the train, and got on the engine and ran
down the track two miles. There they
stopped, and took all the money they
could find. The money obtained from
Wells, Fargo & 90. was about S.. 900.
No passenger was molested. The robbers
did not enter the passenger cars. When
the robbers went away on the locomotive,
which they appeared to be able to run,
| they left the engineer and fireman
standing beside the track. The engineer
and fireman followed the course taken,
and took the locomotive and cars back to
the train and proceeded westward. No
| one was injured. 1 have not yet heard %
to whether the mail was ri1ed.
Additional facts were received concern
ing the robbery in dispatches to Wells.
Fargo & Co. These were that the train
was held up three miles east of Pspago in
q cut. The mail was robbed, as well as
the express. No one was injured by the
shooting. When the news was carried
back to Partano concerning the robbery,
| United States Marshal Mead and deputy,
| and two Deputy Sheriffs, and two Others
| started after the train. The locomotive
| and cars were found at q whistling post
| about Q mile west OF Pagado. The engine
was dead, the headlight put out, and the
| air brakes on. There was no trace of the
| robbers. Marshal Mead sent for troops to
Fort Lowell. and 35 soldiers left there 81
5 o'clock this morning to scour the coun
try. Officer Harris was expected to arrive
soon. and another party with Indian traileri
was expected to arrive from Yuma to hun
for the robbers. Col. Wilder, Superin.
tendens OF the Mail Service, said this
afternoon that he had just received a dis
patch from Mr.. True, Mail Agent on the
route between Los Angeles and Deming
concerning the robbery. The mail and
express agents were given just one and
one-half minutes to get out, under threats
of being blown up with 500 pounds o.
dynamite, and they at once got out. TIL,
express messenger saved SIS. 900 from th,
robbers by hastily hiding it. The extern
Of the mail robbery Col. Wilder did no
know. Mr.. True had telegraphed that h
would send particulars from Los Angeles
The express was running light on thi
trip. With the rewards offered by tn
railroad company. Wells, Fargo & Com
psny, and the standing offer Of the Post
Office Department, it will profit whosve
may be the captor of the robbers. Twenty
two hundred dollars for each.